Time lived in the UK for previously failed FLR(M)?

Hi there

I'll be applying for the spouse visa extension, FLR (M), for my wife soon, and have been seeing conflicting things regarding electronic bank statements.

The official guidance seems to suggest these need to be official bank statements, or signed /stamped. So does this mean PDFs downloaded from online banking portals require an accompanied letter?

Also part of my salary was paid into Revolut, who apparently do not provide stamping or letters, but do have downloadable statements, so will these suffice?

Thanks

1(a) Bank statements must:

(v) be:

• (1) on official bank stationery; or
• (2) electronic bank statements which are either accompanied by a letter from the bank on its headed stationery confirming that the documents are authentic or which bear the official stamp of the issuing bank on every page.

However, they also permit copies. Is there a difference between a copy of a statement on official bank stationery and a copy of a pdf statement? If there is no official bank stationery, then what happens?

matt_murdoch wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 28, 2022 12:46 am

Also part of my salary was paid into Revolut, who apparently do not provide stamping or letters, but do have downloadable statements, so will these suffice?

Hey @matt_murdoch did you ever find an answer to this? I am wondering the same thing...

Thanks

kshoemoney1 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 17, 2022 4:51 pm

matt_murdoch wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 28, 2022 12:46 am

Also part of my salary was paid into Revolut, who apparently do not provide stamping or letters, but do have downloadable statements, so will these suffice?

Hey @matt_murdoch did you ever find an answer to this? I am wondering the same thing...

Thanks

OP not here since date he posted and got response.

kshoemoney1 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 17, 2022 4:51 pm

Hey @matt_murdoch did you ever find an answer to this? I am wondering the same thing...

HI, I have not applied for this yet, but will be sharing my Revolut statements as anecdotally this seems fine and they do accept these as the jist i got was "Revolut is too widely used to be ignored" - however I could not find an explicit statement to confirm this so unfortunately not a concrete answer

matt_murdoch wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:21 pm

kshoemoney1 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 17, 2022 4:51 pm

Hey @matt_murdoch did you ever find an answer to this? I am wondering the same thing...

HI, I have not applied for this yet, but will be sharing my Revolut statements as anecdotally this seems fine and they do accept these as the jist i got was "Revolut is too widely used to be ignored" - however I could not find an explicit statement to confirm this so unfortunately not a concrete answer

Do update your thread when you do.

We're applying again for an FLR(M) after our last one was rejected and so applied for a spouse visa from scratch, 2.5 years ago.

So in doing the extension visa application again, the question is "Time lived in the UK"

Should I put down all the time in the UK from the start of the very first application (2016) or the current application (2019)?

Not sure if I can suggest, or answering is only limited to senior admin of the boards. Please excuse..

But I would suggest since the last continuous living the UK.

Why was the application rejected?

Hi, We were in the same boat but I was told to write the dates since the last grant of entry clearance and not the very first time.

Provide the chronology in a cover letter

matt_murdoch wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:44 pm

We're applying again for an FLR(M) after our last one was rejected and so applied for a spouse visa from scratch, 2.5 years ago.

So in doing the extension visa application again, the question is "Time lived in the UK"

Should I put down all the time in the UK from the start of the very first application (2016) or the current application (2019)?

This should be the time on which the extension you are applying for is based I.e. 2019, previous immigration history can be noted in additional information section or cover note.

AmazonianX wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:42 pm

matt_murdoch wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:21 pm

kshoemoney1 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 17, 2022 4:51 pm

Hey @matt_murdoch did you ever find an answer to this? I am wondering the same thing...

HI, I have not applied for this yet, but will be sharing my Revolut statements as anecdotally this seems fine and they do accept these as the jist i got was "Revolut is too widely used to be ignored" - however I could not find an explicit statement to confirm this so unfortunately not a concrete answer

Do update your thread when you do.

An update: Our application was successful with providing Revolut statements showing salary payments

please note I also provided the Account Confirmation letter than can be downloaded via the app. Not sure if this made a difference but attached it anyway

matt_murdoch wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:43 am

AmazonianX wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:42 pm

matt_murdoch wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:21 pm

kshoemoney1 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 17, 2022 4:51 pm

Hey @matt_murdoch did you ever find an answer to this? I am wondering the same thing...

HI, I have not applied for this yet, but will be sharing my Revolut statements as anecdotally this seems fine and they do accept these as the jist i got was "Revolut is too widely used to be ignored" - however I could not find an explicit statement to confirm this so unfortunately not a concrete answer

Do update your thread when you do.

An update: Our application was successful with providing Revolut statements showing salary payments

please note I also provided the Account Confirmation letter than can be downloaded via the app. Not sure if this made a difference but attached it anyway

Congratulations and thanks for updating the thread.